Current Affairs: 2 October 2017

Published on Monday, October 02, 2017

By insiya yadav

Indian lawyer Colin Gonsalves Wins Swedish Right Livelihood Award

Colin Gonsalves has been chosen for a prestigious rights award in Sweden

He is a senior Indian advocate and will be honoured for his innovative use of public interest litigation in securing fundamental human rights for India’s most marginalised and vulnerable citizens...Read More

Manik Bhide Chosen for Bhimsen Joshi Award

Renowned vocalist Manik Bhide has been chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratnaatna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi award for the year 2017-18 for her contribution in the field of music..Read More

Gujarat To be First Big State to use EVMs with VVPAT

Gujarat is all set to become the second state after Goa to use the VVPAT system for assembly elections

Electronic voting machines with voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) facility will be used during the upcoming Gujarat elections...Read More

TK Viswanathan Committee Recommendation to Deal with Hate Speech

The home ministry is examining the recommendations of TK Viswanathan committee formed to propose new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet..Read More

India International Science Fest to be Held in Chennai

The third edition of India International Science Festival will be held from October 13-16 at IIT-Chennai.

Top scientists from the government are expected to participate in the event...Read More

NITI Aayog to Organise Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad

Niti Aayog will host the eighth annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad on November 28-30.

The event will be hosted in partnership with the US administration..Read More

ARPAN Version 3.0 for Defence Security Corps Rolled Out

Defence Security Corps personnel have got a new software called ‘ARPAN’

The software is developed yo ease personal documentation and all issues related to their progression. The ARPAN software consists of seven modules...Read More

5 New Governors Appointed by President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed five governors for the states of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

Lieutenant Governor for Andaman and Nicobar Islands was also appointed...Read More